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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Ernie Grunfeld celebrated his 57th birthday in style this week by signing a contract extension to stay on with Washington. The Wizards president has been with the organization for nine years and there was some speculation surrounding his future. Washington is 18-46 (2nd worst in the Eastern Conference) as the ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
At 11-37 the Washington Wizards are having another brutal season with plenty of question marks leading into the future. It may be unfair to pin all the blame on John Wall, but the media is looking at the second year point guard and expecting him to develop into a team ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
There weren't any blockbuster trades prior to last week's NBA trade deadline, but there was a three-team deal involving the Nuggets, Wizards and Clippers. Denver traded Nene Hilario to Washington for Javale McGee and Ronny Turiaf (recently waived by Nuggets), while the Wizards sent Nick Young to Los Angeles. The ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
After an awful 2-15 start to the season the Washington Wizards decided to fire head coach Flip Saunders. They had no choice. Even though the Wizards problems go beyond coaching and things probably couldn’t have gotten much worse for the Wizards, they just couldn’t continue down the path they were ...
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
John Wall put together one heck of a rookie season in the NBA. The Washington Wizards guard averaged more than 16 points and more than eight assists per game for a Wizards team that finished with just 23 victories.
One year later, Wall believes the Wizards have the pieces in place ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
In the eyes of most, the Washington Wizards did just fine for themselves in the NBA Draft last week. As general manager Ernie Grunfeld says, it's pretty clear that the team is looking to build around prolific point guard John Wall and they probably got a couple of players who are ready ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Two seasons ago, Brendan Haywood's team won exactly 19 games. Soon, he'll have a championship ring. The Dallas Mavericks have plenty of stories about players who waited a long time to win a championship to who just wanted to play for a team in contention. Haywood certain fits into the ...
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
The question seems kind of silly given that the NBA's MVP is in just his third season. But in the day and age where we're always looking for the next big thing, is it crazy to think who might be the next Derrick Rose? If not, can we assume that ...
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
Gilbert Arenas' time in Washington certainly didn't end well. Did it end better than it probably could have? Sure, and Arenas himself is willing to admit that.
Arenas became the face of the Wizards as he made basketball meaningful again in D.C. over the past decade. However, a situation involving him ...
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
After making the Gilbert Arenas-Rashard Lewis trade with the Orlando Magic on December 18th, the Washington Wizards have gone 7-10 in the last month. General Manager, Ernie Grunfeld, is looking to build a new core with a nucleus of young talent. Grunfeld had the opportunity to take that first step in ...
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